American Depository Shares CHINA HYDROELECTRIC CORPORATION UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT August [ ], 2009
Exhibit 1.1
________________ American Depository Shares
CHINA HYDROELECTRIC CORPORATION
August [ ], 2009
Broadband Capital Management LLC
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
[Name]
[Address]
[Address]
As Representatives of the Underwriters
named on Schedule A hereto
named on Schedule A hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Each of China Hydroelectric Corporation, a company organized and existing under the laws of
the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), confirms its agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, with each of the underwriters listed on Exhibit A hereto (collectively, the
“Underwriters”), for whom Broadband Capital Management LLC (“Broadband”) and _______________ are
acting as representatives (in such capacity, collectively, the “Representatives”), to sell and
issue to the Underwriters an aggregate of _______________ American Depository Shares (the “Firm
Shares”), each consisting of three ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the
“Depository Shares”).
The Depository Shares is more fully described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus
referred to below. The offering and sale of the Depository Shares contemplated by this
underwriting agreement (this “Agreement”) is referred to herein as the “Offering.”
1.1 Firm Securities; Over-Allotment Option.
(a) Purchase of Firm Shares. On the basis of the representations and warranties
herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to
issue and sell to the several Underwriters, an aggregate of ___________ Firm Shares at a purchase
price (net of discounts and commissions) of $[X.XX] per Firm Share. The Underwriters, severally
and not jointly, agree to purchase from the Company the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite
their respective names on Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof at a purchase
price (net of discounts and commissions) of $[X.XX] per Firm Share.
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(b) Payment and Delivery. Delivery and payment for the Firm Shares shall be made at
10:00 A.M., New York time, on the third Business Day following the effective date (the “Effective
Date”) of the Registration Statement (or the fourth Business Day following the Effective Date, if
the Registration Statement is declared effective after 4:30 p.m.) or at such earlier time as shall
be agreed upon by Broadband and the Company at the offices of Broadband or at such other place as
shall be agreed upon by Broadband and the Company. The hour and date of delivery and payment for
the Firm Shares is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.” The closing of the payment of the
purchase price for, and delivery of certificates representing, the Firm Shares is referred to
herein as the “Closing.” Payment for the Firm Shares shall be made on the Closing Date at
Broadband’s election by wire transfer in Federal (same day) funds or by certified or bank cashier’s
check(s) in New York Clearing House funds. Any remaining proceeds (less commissions, expense
allowance and actual expense payments or other fees payable pursuant to this Agreement) shall be
paid to the order of the Company upon delivery to you of certificates (in form and substance
satisfactory to the Underwriters) representing the Firm Shares (or through the facilities of the
Depository Trust Company (the “DTC”)) for the account of the Underwriters. The Firm Shares shall
be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denominations as Broadband may request
in writing at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date. The Company will permit the
Representatives to examine and package the Firm Shares for delivery, at least one full Business Day
prior to the Closing Date. The Company shall not be obligated to sell or deliver the Firm Shares
except upon tender of payment by the Representatives for all the Firm Shares.
(c) Option Shares. For the purposes of covering any over-allotments in connection
with the distribution and sale of the Firm Shares, the Company hereby grants to Broadband, on
behalf of the Underwriters, an option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the number of Firm
Shares to be offered solely (the “Over-allotment Option”). The Option Shares shall be identical in
all respects to the Firm Shares and are hereinafter referred to as “Option Shares.” The Firm
Shares and the Option Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Shares.” The Shares
and the Representatives’ Securities (as hereinafter defined) are referred to herein as (the
“Securities”). The purchase price to be paid for the Option Shares (net of discounts and
commissions) will be $[X.XX] per share. The Option Shares are to be offered initially to the
public at the offering price of $[X.XX] per share.
(d) Exercise of Option. The Over-allotment Option granted pursuant to Section 1.1(c)
hereof may be exercised by Broadband as to all (at any time) or any part (from time to time) of the
Option Shares within 30 days after the Effective Date. The Underwriters will not be under any
obligation to purchase any Option Shares prior to the exercise of the Over-allotment Option. The
Over-allotment Option granted hereby may be exercised by the giving of oral notice to the Company
from Broadband, which must be confirmed in writing by overnight mail or facsimile transmission
setting forth the number of Option Shares to be purchased and the date and time for delivery of and
payment for the Option Shares, which will not be later than five Business Days after the date of
the notice or such other time as shall be agreed upon by the Company and Broadband, at the offices
of Broadband or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Company and Broadband. If such
delivery and payment for the Option Shares does
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not occur on the Closing Date, the date and time of the closing for such Option Shares will be
as set forth in the notice (hereinafter the “Option Closing Date”). Upon exercise of the
Over-allotment Option, the Company will become obligated to convey to the Underwriters, and,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Underwriters will become obligated to
purchase, the number of Option Shares specified in such notice.
(e) Payment and Delivery of Option Shares. Payment for the Option Shares shall be
made on the Option Closing Date at Broadband’s election by wire transfer in Federal (same day)
funds or by certified or bank cashier’s check(s) in New York Clearing House funds, by deposit of
the sum of $[X.XX] per Option Share to the Company upon delivery to the Underwriters of
certificates (in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters) representing the Option
Shares (or through the facilities of DTC) for the account of the Underwriters. The certificates
representing the Option Shares to be delivered will be in such denominations and registered in such
names as Broadband requests not less than two Business Days prior to the Closing Date or the Option
Closing Date, as the case may be, and will be made available to Broadband for inspection, checking
and packaging at the aforesaid office of the Company’s transfer agent or correspondent not less
than one full Business Day prior to such Closing Date or Option Closing Date.
(f) Representatives’ Warrant. As additional consideration, the Company hereby agrees
to issue and sell to the Representatives (and/or their respective designees) on the Effective Date
Depository Shares purchase warrants (the “Representatives’ Warrants”) for the purchase of an
aggregate of 7.0% of the Shares sold in this Offering (________ Depository Shares) (the
“Representatives’ Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $100.00. The Representatives’
Warrants shall be exercisable, in whole or in part, commencing on the date that is six months from
the Effective Date and expiring on the five-year anniversary of the Effective Date at an initial
exercise price per share of $[X.XX], which is equal to one hundred and twenty percent (120%) of the
initial public offering price per Firm Share. The Representatives’ Warrants and the Depository
Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are hereinafter referred to collectively as the
“Representatives’ Securities.” The Representatives understand and agree there are significant
restrictions against transferring the Representatives’ Warrants during the first six months after
the Effective Date.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company.
2.1 The Company represents, warrants and covenants to, and agrees with, each of the
Underwriters that, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:
(a) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a
registration statement on Form F-1 (Registration No. 333-_________), and amendments thereto, and
related preliminary prospectuses for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”), of the Firm Shares which registration statement, as so amended (including
post-effective amendments, if any), has been declared effective by the Commission and copies of
which have heretofore been delivered to the
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Underwriters. The registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective,
including the prospectus, financial statements, schedules, exhibits and other information (if any)
deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A
under the Securities Act, is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement.” If the
Company has filed or is required pursuant to the terms hereof to file a registration statement
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act registering additional Depository Shares (a “Rule
462(b) Registration Statement”), then, unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to the term
“Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. Other
than a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, which, if filed, becomes effective upon filing, no other
document with respect to the Registration Statement has heretofore been filed with the Commission.
All of the Shares have been registered under the Securities Act pursuant to the Registration
Statement or, if any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement is filed, will be duly registered under the
Securities Act with the filing of such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. Based on communications
from the Commission, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of either the Registration
Statement or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for
that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission. The Company, if required by the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission (the “Rules and Regulations”),
proposes to file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities
Act (“Rule 424(b)”). The prospectus, in the form in which it is to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b), or, if the prospectus is not to be filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b), the prospectus in the form included as part of the Registration Statement at the time
the Registration Statement became effective, is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus,” except
that if any revised prospectus or prospectus supplement shall be provided to the Underwriters by
the Company for use in connection with the Offering which differs from the Prospectus (whether or
not such revised prospectus or prospectus supplement is required to be filed by the Company
pursuant to Rule 424(b)), the term “Prospectus” shall also refer to such revised prospectus or
prospectus supplement, as the case may be, from and after the time it is first provided to the
Underwriters for such use. Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus subject to completion included
in the Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the
Securities Act is hereafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus.” Any reference herein to the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to
and include the exhibits incorporated by reference therein pursuant to the Rules and Regulations on
or before the effective date of the Registration Statement, the date of such Preliminary Prospectus
or the date of the Prospectus, as the case may be. Any reference herein to the terms “amend”,
“amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include: (i) the filing of any document under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and together with the Rules and Regulations
promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange Act”) after the effective date of the Registra
tion Statement,
the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the date of the Prospectus, as the case may be, which is
incorporated therein by reference, and (ii) any such document so filed. All references in this
Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, a Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements to
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any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include
any copy thereof filed with the Commission
pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“XXXXX”) system.
(b) The Company has filed with the Commission a Form 8-A (File Number
001-__________) providing
for the registration under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), of
the Shares. The registration of the Shares under the Exchange Act has been declared effective by
the Commission on the date hereof.
(c) At the time of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement or the effectiveness of any post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement, when the Prospectus is first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), when any
supplement to or amendment of the Prospectus is filed with the Commission, when any document filed
under the Exchange Act was or is filed and at the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), if any,
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendments thereof and supplements or
exhibits thereto complied or will comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of
the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations, and did not and will not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact and did not and will not omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein: (i) in the
case of the Registration Statement, not misleading, and (ii) in the case of the Prospectus or any
related Preliminary Prospectus in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. When any Preliminary Prospectus was first filed with the Commission (whether filed as
part of the registration statement for the registration of the Securities or any amendment thereto
or pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act) and when any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto was first filed with the Commission, such Preliminary Prospectus and any amendments thereof
and supplements thereto complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact and did not omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. No representation and warranty is made in this subsection
(c), however, with respect to any information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or any related Preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use
therein. The parties acknowledge and agree that such information provided by or on behalf of any
Underwriter consists solely of the subsections of the “Underwriting” section of the Prospectus
captioned “Stabilization,” “Foreign Regulatory Restrictions on Purchase of Shares” and “European
Economic Area“(the “Underwriters’ Information”).
(d) Ernst & Young Hua Ming (“E&Y”), whose reports relating to the Company are included in the
Registration Statement, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States) (the “PCAOB”). Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and as
pre-approved in accordance with the requirements set forth in
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Section 10A of the Exchange Act, E&Y has not been engaged by the Company to perform any
“prohibited activities“(as defined in Section 10A of the Exchange Act). The Company has had no
material disagreements with E&Y for the period from its initial engagement by the Company through
the Closing Date that were not satisfied in a manner mutually satisfactory to both the Company and
E&Y.
(e) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is presented in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and except as disclosed in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus: (i) the Company has not declared, paid or made any dividends or other
distributions of any kind on or in respect of its capital stock, and (ii) there has been no
material adverse change (or, to the knowledge of the Company, any development which has a high
probability of involving a material adverse change in the future), whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, in or affecting: (A) the business, condition
(financial or otherwise), results of operations, shareholders’ equity, properties or prospects of
the Company and each direct or indirect subsidiary or joint venture of the Company listed on
Exhibit 21.1 of the Registration Statement hereto (the “Subsidiaries”), taken as a whole; (B) the
long-term debt or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (C) the Offering or
consummation of any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus (a “Material Adverse Change”). Since the date of the latest balance
sheet presented in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has incurred or undertaken any liabilities or obligations, whether direct or indirect,
liquidated or contingent, matured or unmatured, or entered into any transactions, including any
acquisition or disposition of any business or asset, which are material to the Company and the
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, except for liabilities, obligations and transactions which are
disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(f) As of the dates indicated in the Prospectus, the authorized, issued and outstanding shares
of capital stock of the Company were as set forth in the Prospectus in the column headed “Actual”
under the section thereof captioned “Capitalization” and, after giving effect to the Offering and
the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, will be as set forth in the column headed “As Adjusted” in such section. All of the
issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are fully paid and non-assessable and
have been duly and validly authorized and issued, in compliance with all applicable state, federal
and foreign securities laws and not in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar right
that does or will entitle any Person (as defined below), upon the issuance or sale of any security,
to acquire from the Company or any Subsidiary any Relevant Security. As used herein, the term
“Relevant Security” means any Depository Shares or other security of the Company or any Subsidiary
that is convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for Depository Shares or equity
securities, or that holds the right to acquire any Depository Shares or equity securities of the
Company or any Subsidiary or any other such Relevant Security, except for such rights as may have
been fully satisfied or waived prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. As used
herein, the term “Person” means any foreign or domestic individual, corporation, trust,
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity.
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(g) The Firm Shares have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued, delivered and paid
for in accordance with this Agreement and as described in the Prospectus on the Closing Date, will
be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, will have been issued in compliance with
all applicable state, federal and foreign securities laws and will not have been issued in
violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar right that does or will entitle any Person to
acquire any Relevant Security from the Company or any Subsidiary upon issuance or sale of
Securities in the Offering. The Depository Shares conform to the descriptions thereof contained in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has outstanding warrants, options to
purchase, or any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any
contracts or commitments to issue or sell, any Relevant Security.
(h) The Representatives’ Shares will conform to the description thereof in the Registration
Statement and in the Prospectus and have been validly reserved for future issuance and will, upon
exercise of the Representatives’ Warrants and payment of the exercise price thereof, be duly and
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and, to our knowledge, will not have been issued in
violation of or subject to preemptive or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of
the Company. The issuance of such securities is not subject to any statutory preemptive rights
under the law of the Cayman Islands (the “Cayman Law”) or the memorandum and articles of
association as in effect at the time of issuance or, to our knowledge, other similar rights of any
security holder of the Company (except for such preemptive or contractual rights as were waived).
(i) The Subsidiaries are the only subsidiaries of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405
under the Securities Act. Except for the Subsidiaries and as otherwise disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company holds no ownership or other interest,
nominal or beneficial, direct or indirect, in any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other
business entity. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other ownership
interests in, each Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid
and non-assessable and are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, free and clear of any
lien, charge, mortgage, pledge, security interest, claim, equity, trust or other encumbrance,
preferential arrangement, defect or restriction of any kind whatsoever (any “Lien”). No director,
officer or key employee of the Company named in the Prospectus holds any direct equity, debt or
other pecuniary interest in any Subsidiary or any Person with whom the Company or any Subsidiary
does business or is in privity of contract with, other than, in each case, indirectly through the
ownership by such individuals of Depository Shares.
(j) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated, formed or organized,
and validly exists and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation,
formation or organization. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has all requisite power and
authority to carry on its business as it is currently being conducted and as described in the
Prospectus, and to own, lease and operate its respective properties. Each of the Company and the
Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a
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foreign corporation, partnership or limited liability company in each jurisdiction in which
the character or location of its properties (owned, leased or licensed) or the nature or conduct of
its business makes such qualification necessary, except, in each case, for those failures to be so
qualified or in good standing which (individually and in the aggregate) could not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on: (i) the business, condition (financial or
otherwise), results of operations, shareholders’ equity, properties or prospects of the Company and
the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (ii) the long-term debt or capital stock of the Company or any
Subsidiary; or (iii) the Offering or consummation of any of the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (any such effect being a “Material
Adverse Effect”).
(k) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in violation of its certificate or articles
of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, joint
venture agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents, (ii) is in default
under, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a
default under or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its property or
assets pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets
is subject or (iii) is in violation in any respect of any law, rule, regulation, ordinance,
directive, judgment, decree or order of any judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental
agency or body, foreign or domestic, except (in the case of clause (ii) above) for any lien, charge
or encumbrance disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(l) The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary,
_______________, owns 100% of each
of its Subsidiaries, each of which operates in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) (collectively
the “PRC Subsidiaries”). The PRC Subsidiaries operate in compliance with all of the laws and
regulations of the PRC.
(m) The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and
all other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments required to be delivered pursuant to
this Agreement. The Company has duly and validly authorized this Agreement and each of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and
delivered by the Company and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and
is enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and except as enforceability may be subject to general principles of
equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
(n) The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and all other agreements,
documents, certificates and instruments required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement, and
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement do not and, to the knowledge of the
Company, will not: (i) conflict with, require consent under or result in a breach of any of the
terms and provisions of, or constitute a default (or an event which with
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notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the creation
or imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to,
any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement, instrument, franchise,
license or permit to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any
Subsidiary or their respective properties, operations or assets may be bound or (ii) violate or
conflict with any provision of the certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, certificate
of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational
documents of the Company or any Subsidiary, or (iii) violate or conflict with any law, rule,
regulation, ordinance, directive, judgment, decree or order of any judicial, regulatory or other
legal or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign.
(o) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has all material consents, approvals,
authorizations, orders, registrations, qualifications, licenses, filings and permits of, with and
from all judicial, regulatory and other legal or governmental agencies and bodies and all third
parties, foreign and domestic (collectively, the “Consents”), to own, lease and operate its
properties and conduct its business as it is now being conducted and as disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and each such Consent is valid and in full force and
effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received notice of any investigation or
proceedings which results in or, if decided adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary, could
reasonably be expected to result in, the revocation of, or imposition of a materially burdensome
restriction on, any Consent. No Consent contains a materially burdensome restriction not
adequately disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(p) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable laws, rules,
regulations, ordinances, directives, judgments, decrees and orders, foreign and domestic. Neither
the Company, nor any of its Affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act)
(“Affiliates”) has received any notice or other information from any regulatory or other legal or
governmental agency relating to any default or potential decertification by the Company, or any of
its Affiliates.
(q) No Consent of, with or from any judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental agency
or body or any third party, foreign or domestic is required for the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, or consummation of each of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, including the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities to be issued, sold and
delivered hereunder, except the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities, which has
become effective, and such Consents as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws or
the by-laws and rules of the NYSE LLC (“NYSE”), where the Depository Shares have been approved for
listing and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters, each of which has been obtained
and is in full force and effect.
(r) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there is no
judicial, regulatory, arbitral or other legal or governmental proceeding or other litigation or
arbitration, domestic or foreign, pending to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or of
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which any property, operations or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary is the subject
which, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary,
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, no
such proceeding, litigation or arbitration is threatened or contemplated; and the defense of all
such proceedings, litigation and arbitration against or involving the Company or any Subsidiary
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(s) The financial statements, including the notes thereto, and the supporting schedules
included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the financial position as
of the dates indicated and the cash flows and results of operations for the periods specified of
the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries. Except as otherwise stated in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with
United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the
periods involved. The supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus present fairly the information required to be stated therein. No other financial
statements or supporting schedules are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement. The other financial and statistical information included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the information included therein and have
been prepared on a basis consistent with that of the financial statements that are included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and the books and records of the respective entities
presented therein.
(t) There are no pro forma or as adjusted financial statements which are required to be
included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus in accordance with Regulation S-X which
have not been included as so required.
(u) The statistical, industry-related and market-related data included in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources which the Company reasonably and
in good faith believes are reliable and accurate, and such data agree with the sources from which
they are derived.
(v) The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act and files reports with the Commission on the XXXXX system. The Depository Shares are
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and the outstanding Depository Shares are,
and the Shares and Representatives’ Shares will be as of the Closing Date, listed on the NYSE. The
Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the
registration of the Depository Shares under the Exchange Act or de-listing the Depository Shares
from the NYSE, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or NYSE is
contemplating terminating such registration or listing.
(w) The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting and other
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (i) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions
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are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
United States generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets,
(iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization, and (iv) the recorded accounting for assets is compared with existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(x) The Company’s Board of Directors has validly appointed an audit committee whose
composition satisfies the requirements of [Section 803 of the NYSE Company Guide and the Board of
Directors and/or audit committee has adopted a charter that satisfies the requirements of Section
801 through 803 of the NYSE Company Guide]. The audit committee has reviewed the adequacy of its
charter within the past twelve months. Neither the Board of Directors nor the audit committee has
been informed, nor is any director of the Company aware, of: (i) any significant deficiencies and
material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which
are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; or (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting.
(y) Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates has taken, directly or indirectly, any
action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be
expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(z) Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates has, prior to the date hereof, made any
offer or sale of any securities which are required to be “integrated” pursuant to the Securities
Act or the Rules and Regulations with the offer and sale of the Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or in
any public filings relating to the Company filed with the Commission, neither Company nor any of
its Affiliates has sold or issued any Relevant Security during the six-month period preceding the
date of the Prospectus, including but not limited to any sales pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation
D or S under the Securities Act, other than Depository Shares issued pursuant to employee benefit
plans, qualified stock option plans or the employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding
options, rights or warrants as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(aa) All information contained in the questionnaires completed by each of the Company’s
officers and directors immediately prior to the Offering and provided to the Representatives as
well as the biographies of such individuals in the Registration Statement is true and correct in
all material respects and the Company has not become aware of any information which would cause the
information disclosed in the questionnaires completed by the directors and officers to become
inaccurate and incorrect.
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(bb) No director or officer of the Company is subject to any non-competition agreement or
non-solicitation agreement with any employer or prior employer which could materially affect his
ability to be and act in his respective capacity of the Company.
(cc) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, no holder of any
Relevant Security has any rights to require registration of any Relevant Security as part or on
account of, or otherwise in connection with, the offer and sale of the Securities contemplated
hereby, and any such rights so disclosed have either been fully complied with by the Company or
effectively waived by the holders thereof, and any such waivers remain in full force and effect.
(dd) The documents, exhibits or other materials incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission,
complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations, and, when read together with the other information in
the Prospectus, do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(ee) The conditions for use of Form S-1 to register the Offering under the Securities Act, as
set forth in the General Instructions to such Form, have been satisfied.
(ff) The Company is not and, at all times up to and including consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and after giving effect to application of the net proceeds of the
Offering, will not be, subject to registration as an “investment company” under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, and is not and will not be an entity “controlled” by an
“investment company” within the meaning of such act.
(gg) There are no contracts or other documents (including, without limitation, any voting
agreement), which are required to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or
filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the
Rules and Regulations and which have not been so described, filed or incorporated by reference.
(hh) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any of the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company, on the one hand, and any director, officer, shareholder, customer or
supplier of the Company or any affiliate of the Company, on the other hand, which is required by
the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Rules and Regulations to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which is not so described and described as required.
There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses in the
ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of
any of the officers or directors of the Company or any of their respective family members, except
as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Company is not in violation of
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (“Sarb-Ox”), directly or
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indirectly, including through a Subsidiary (other than as permitted under the Sarb-Ox for
depositary institutions), extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or
renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or executive
officer of the Company.
(ii) The Company is in material compliance with the provisions of Sarb-Ox and the Rules and
Regulations promulgated thereunder and related or similar rules and regulations promulgated by NYSE
or any other governmental or self regulatory entity or agency, except for such violations which,
singly or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing: (i) all members of the Company’s board of directors who are required
to be “independent” (as that term is defined under applicable laws, rules and regulations),
including, without limitation, all members of the audit committee of the Company’s board of
directors, meet the qualifications of independence as set forth under applicable laws, rules and
regulations and (ii) the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors has at least one
member who is an “audit committee financial expert” (as that term is defined under applicable laws,
rules and regulations).
(jj) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are no
contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any Person that would give rise to
a valid claim against the Company or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or
other like payment in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or, to the
Company’s knowledge, any arrangements, agreements, understandings, payments or issuance with
respect to the Company or any of its officers, directors, shareholders, partners, employees,
Subsidiaries or Affiliates that may affect the Underwriters’ compensation as determined by FINRA.
(kk) The Company and each Subsidiary owns or leases all such properties as are necessary to
the conduct of its business as presently operated and as proposed to be operated as described in
the Registration and the Prospectus. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, which describes the rights by which the Company and the Subsidiaries have rights to the
real property under PRC law, the Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee
simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them,
in each case free and clear of all Liens except such as are described in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus or such as do not (individually or in the aggregate) materially affect the
business or prospects of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. Any real property and buildings
held under lease, sublease or by other means under PRC law by the Company and the Subsidiaries are
held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases or such other rights with such
exceptions as are not material to, and do not interfere with, the use made and proposed to be made
of such property and buildings by the Company and the Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has received any notice of any claim adverse to its ownership of any real or personal
property or of any claim against the continued possession of any real property, whether owned or
held under lease or sublease by the Company or any Subsidiary.
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(ll) The Company and each Subsidiary: (i) owns or possesses adequate right to use all patents,
patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service xxxx
registrations, copyrights, licenses, formulae, customer lists, and know-how and other intellectual
property (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or
confidential information, systems or procedures, “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct
of their respective businesses as being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement
and Prospectus and (ii) have no knowledge that the conduct of their respective businesses do not or
will not conflict with, and they have not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any
such right of others. To the Company’s knowledge, all material technical information developed by
and belonging to the Company or any Subsidiary which has not been patented has been kept
confidential so as, among other things, all such information may be deemed proprietary to the
Company. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Company Filings
(as defined below), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has granted or assigned to any other
Person any right to sell the current products and services of the Company and its Subsidiaries or
those products and services described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus. To the
Company’s best knowledge, there is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual
Property; there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding
or claim by others challenging the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s rights in or to any such
Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis
for any such claim; and there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action,
suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or any Subsidiary infringes or otherwise
violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others, and
the Company is unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim.
As used herein, the term “Company Filings” means all of the Company’s filings with the Commission
prior to the date hereof via XXXXX.
(mm) The agreements and documents described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
conform to the descriptions thereof contained therein and there are no agreements or other
documents required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed
with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement, that have not been so described or
filed. Each agreement or other instrument (however characterized or described) to which the
Company is a party or by which its property or business is or may be bound or affected and (i) that
is referred to in the Registration Statement or attached as an exhibit thereto, or (ii) is material
to the Company’s business, has been duly and validly executed by the Company, is in full force and
effect in all material respects and is enforceable against the Company and, to the Company’s
knowledge, the other parties thereto, in accordance with its terms, except (x) as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally, (y) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision
may be limited under the foreign, federal and state securities laws, and (z) that the remedy of
specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the
equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be
brought, and none of such agreements or instruments has been assigned by the Company, and neither
the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any
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other party is in breach or default thereunder and, to the Company’s knowledge, no event has
occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a breach
or default thereunder. To the Company’s knowledge, performance by the Company of the material
provisions of such agreements or instruments will not result in a violation of any existing
applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any governmental agency or court,
domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its assets or businesses,
including, without limitation, those relating to environmental laws and regulations.
(nn) No securities of the Company have been sold by the Company or by or on behalf of, or for
the benefit of, any person or persons controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the
Company since the date of the Company’s formation, except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement and reflected in the total number of shares of Company Securities issued and outstanding
as of the date included in the Section entitled “Description of Capital Stock.”.
(oo) The disclosures in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus concerning the effects of foreign, federal, state and local regulation on the Company’s
business as currently contemplated are correct in all material respects and do not omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they
were made, not misleading.
(pp) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has accurately prepared and timely filed all
federal, state, foreign and other tax returns that are required to be filed by it and has paid or
made provision for the payment of all taxes, assessments, governmental or other similar charges,
including without limitation, all sales and use taxes and all taxes which the Company or any
Subsidiary is obligated to withhold from amounts owing to employees, creditors and third parties,
with respect to the periods covered by such tax returns (whether or not such amounts are shown as
due on any tax return). No deficiency assessment with respect to a proposed adjustment of the
Company’s or any Subsidiary’s federal, state, local or foreign taxes is pending or, to the
Company’s knowledge, threatened. The accruals and reserves on the books and records of the Company
and the Subsidiaries in respect of tax liabilities for any taxable period not finally determined
are adequate to meet any assessments and related liabilities for any such period and, since the
date of the Company’s most recent audited financial statements, the Company and the Subsidiaries
have not incurred any liability for taxes other than in the ordinary course of its business. There
is no tax lien, whether imposed by any federal, state, foreign or other taxing authority,
outstanding against the assets, properties or business of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(qq) No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary currently exists
or, to the Company’s knowledge, is likely to occur.
(rr) The Company and each Subsidiary have at all times operated their respective businesses in
material compliance with all Environmental Laws, and no material expenditures are or will be
required in order to comply therewith. Neither the Company nor any
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Subsidiary has received any notice or communication that relates to or alleges any actual or
potential violation or failure to comply with any Environmental Laws that will result in a Material
Adverse Effect. As used herein, the term “Environmental Laws” means all applicable laws and
regulations, including any licensing, permits or reporting requirements, and any action by a
federal state or local government entity pertaining to the protection of the environment,
protection of public health, protection of worker health and safety, or the handling of hazardous
materials, including without limitation, the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401, et seq., the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. § 9601, et
seq., the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1321, et seq., the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 1801, et seq., the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42
U.S.C. § 690-1, et seq., and the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601, et seq. or similar
laws and regulations, to the extent applicable, under the Peoples Republic of China (“PRC”)
(ss) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Company Filings,
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to an “employee benefit plan,” as defined in
Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) which: (i) is subject
to any provision of ERISA and (ii) is or was at any time maintained, administered or contributed to
by the Company or any Subsidiary and covers any employee or former employee of the Company or any
Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate (as defined hereafter). These plans are referred to collectively
herein as the “Employee Plans.” For purposes of this Section, “ERISA Affiliate” of any person or
entity means any other person or entity which, together with that person or entity, could be
treated as a single employer under Section 414(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the “Code”), or is an “affiliate,” whether or not incorporated, as defined in Section 407(d)(7) of
ERISA, of the person or entity.
(tt) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus identify each employment, severance or
other similar agreement, arrangement or policy and each material plan or arrangement providing for
insurance coverage (including any self-insured arrangements), workers’ compensation, disability
benefits, severance benefits, supplemental unemployment benefits, vacation benefits, retirement
benefits or for deferred compensation, profit-sharing, bonuses, stock options, stock appreciation
or other forms of incentive compensation, or post-retirement insurance, compensation or benefits
which: (i) is not an Employee Plan, (ii) is entered into, maintained or contributed to, as the case
may be, by the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates, and (iii)
covers any employee or former employee of the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective
ERISA Affiliates. These contracts, plans and arrangements are referred to collectively in this
Agreement as the “Benefit Arrangements.” Each Benefit Arrangement has been maintained in
substantial compliance with its terms and with requirements prescribed by any and all statutes,
orders, rules and regulations that are applicable to that Benefit Arrangement.
(uu) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Company Filings,
there is no liability in respect of post-retirement health and medical benefits for retired
employees of the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA
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Affiliates other than medical benefits required to be continued under applicable law,
determined using assumptions that are reasonable in the aggregate, over the fair market value of
any fund, reserve or other assets segregated for the purpose of satisfying such liability
(including for such purposes any fund established pursuant to Section 40 1(h) of the Code).
(vv) Except for the Company’s [Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief
Operating Officer], as of the Execution Date, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to
or subject to any employment contract or arrangement providing for annual future compensation, or
the opportunity to earn annual future compensation (whether through fixed salary, bonus,
commission, options or otherwise) of more than $120,000 to any officer, consultant, director or
employee.
(ww) The execution of this Agreement, or consummation of the Offering does not constitute a
triggering event under any Employee Plan or any other employment contract, whether or not legally
enforceable, which (either alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or subsequent event) will
or may result in any payment (of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration, increase in vesting, or
increase in benefits to any current or former participant, employee or director of the Company or
any Subsidiary other than an event that is not material to the financial condition or business of
the Company or any Subsidiary, either individually or taken as a whole.
(xx) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries, are in compliance with the requirements of the
insurance laws and regulations of their respective states of incorporation or organization and the
insurance laws and regulations of other jurisdictions which are applicable to the Company or such
Subsidiaries, and each have filed all notices, reports, documents or other information required to
be filed thereunder, except where the failure to comply with such requirement could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(yy) Neither the Company, any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of their
respective employees or agents has at any time during the last five (5) years: (i) made any
unlawful contribution to any candidate for foreign office, or failed to disclose fully any
contribution in violation of law, or (ii) made any payment to any federal or state governmental
officer or official, or other Person charged with similar public or quasi-public duties, other than
payments that are not prohibited by the laws of the United States of any jurisdiction thereof.
(zz) The Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriters to offer, the Firm Shares to any
Person or entity with the intention of unlawfully influencing: (i) a customer or supplier of the
Company or any Subsidiary to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the
Company or any Subsidiary or (ii) a journalist or publication to write or publish favorable
information about the Company, any Subsidiary or its products or services.
(aaa) The Company is in compliance with all applicable Chinese and other foreign and U.S.
laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, directives, judgments, decrees and orders (including, without
limitation, all securities and tax laws, rules and regulations of the PRC),
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except for such non-compliance as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Date, and except as contemplated by this Agreement, the Company does
not operate within the jurisdiction of United States or any state or territory thereof in such a
manner so as to subject the Company or its operations or businesses to registration as a foreign
company doing business in any state within the United States or to any of the following laws in any
material respect: (i) the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended, (ii) the Uniting and Strengthening of
America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, as
amended, (iii) the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, (iv) the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, (v) the Money Laundering Control Act
of 1986, as amended (vi) the rules and regulations promulgated under any such law, or any successor
law, or any judgment, decree or order of any applicable administrative or judicial body relating to
such law and (vii) any corresponding law, rule, regulation, ordinance, judgment, decree or order of
any state or territory of the United States or any administrative or judicial body thereof.
(bbb) The operations of the Company are and have been conducted at all times in compliance
with applicable financial record keeping and reporting requirements and money laundering statutes
of the PRC and, to the Company’s knowledge, all other jurisdictions to which the Company is
subject, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or
guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any applicable governmental agency (collectively,
the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or
governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company with respect to the
Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(ccc) The Company had at the date or dates indicated in each of the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, as the case may be, duly authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as set
forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Based on the assumptions stated in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company will have on the Closing Date the adjusted
stock capitalization set forth therein. Except as set forth in, or contemplated by, the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, on the Effective Date and on the Closing Date, there
will be no options, warrants, or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any authorized, but
unissued Depository Shares or any security convertible into Depository Shares, or any contracts or
commitments to issue or sell Depository Shares or any such options, warrants, rights or convertible
securities.
(ddd) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, no holders of any
securities of the Company or any rights exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into
securities of the Company have the right to require the Company to register any such securities of
the Company under the Act or to include any such securities in a registration statement to be filed
by the Company.
(eee) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are no
outstanding loans or indebtedness of the Company and the Subsidiaries.
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(fff) The description of the Company and the Subsidiaries business and products as set forth
in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, and the description of such in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus do not contain any material omissions or puffery that would make the
description of the Company’s business and/or products false or misleading.
(ggg) Other than as set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, there are no
related party transactions between the Company, the Subsidiaries and any related party.
(hhh) Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent,
employee or affiliate of the Company (as such term is defined under Rule 144 under the Securities
Act, an “Affiliate”) is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of
Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly
or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available
such proceeds to any joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing
the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(iii) As used in this Agreement, references to matters being “material” with respect to the
Company or its Subsidiaries shall mean a material event, change, condition, status or effect
related to the condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets (including intangible
assets), liabilities, business, prospects, operations or results of operations of the Company or
the applicable Subsidiaries, either individually or taken as a whole, as the context requires.
(jjj) As used in this Agreement, the term “knowledge of the Company” (or similar language)
shall mean the knowledge of the officers and directors of the Company and the applicable
Subsidiaries who are named in the Prospectus, with the assumption that such officers and directors
shall have made reasonable and diligent inquiry of the matters presented (with reference to what is
customary and prudent for the applicable individuals in connection with the discharge by the
applicable individuals of their duties as officers, directors or managers of the Company or the
applicable Subsidiaries).
Any certificate signed by or on behalf of the Company and delivered to the Underwriters or to
Loeb & Loeb LLP (“Underwriters’ Counsel”) shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by
the Company to each Underwriter listed on Schedule A hereto as to the matters covered
thereby.
2.3 Free Writing Prospectus. Additionally, the Company hereby represents, warrants
and covenants as to the following:
(a) Neither: (i) any Issuer-Represented General Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior
to the Time of Sale and the Statutory Prospectus, all considered together (collectively, the
“General Disclosure Package”), nor (ii) any individual Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing
Prospectus(es) (as defined below), when considered together with the
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General Disclosure Package, includes or included as of the Time of Sale any untrue statement
of a material fact or omits or omitted as of the Time of Sale to state any material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any
Statutory Prospectus included in the Registration Statement or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing
Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the
Representatives specifically for use therein.
(b) Each Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all
subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Securities or until any
earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives as described in the next
sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will
conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any Statutory Prospectus or
the Prospectus. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus
there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free
Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement, any Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus relating to the Securities or included or
would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has notified or will notify
promptly the Representatives so that any use of such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus may
cease until it is promptly amended or supplemented by the Company, at its own expense, to eliminate
or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission. The foregoing two sentences do not apply
to statements in or omissions from any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in
conformity with the Underwriters’ Information.
(c) The Company has not distributed and will not distribute any prospectus or other offering
material in connection with the offering and sale of the Public Securities other than any
Preliminary Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or other materials
permitted by the Act to be distributed by the Company. Unless the Company obtains the prior
consent of Broadband, and except as set forth on Exhibit D attached hereto, the Company has
not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an “issuer
free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act, or that would otherwise constitute
a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act, required to be filed with the
Commission. The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433
under the Act applicable to any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus as of its issue date and
at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Securities,
including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. The
Company has satisfied and will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 under the Act to avoid a
requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show.
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2.4 Free Writing Prospectus. Each Underwriter agrees that, unless it obtains the
prior written consent of the Company, it will not make any offer relating to the Securities that
would constitute an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus (as defined in Section 2.2 hereof)
or that would otherwise (without taking into account any approval, authorization, use or reference
thereto by the Company) constitute a “free writing prospectus” required to be filed by the Company
with the Commission (as defined herein) or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Act (as
defined herein); provided that the prior written consent of the Company hereto shall be deemed to
have been given in respect of any Issuer-Represented General Free Writing Prospectuses (as defined
in Section 2.2.5 hereof) referenced on Exhibit D attached hereto
2.5 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth below shall have the
following meanings:
(i) “Time of Sale” means 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement.
(ii) “Statutory Prospectus” as of any time means the prospectus that is included in the
Registration Statement immediately prior to that time. For purposes of this definition,
information contained in a form of prospectus that is deemed retroactively to be a part of the
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A shall be considered to be included in the Statutory
Prospectus as of the actual time that form of prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the Act.
(iii) “Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,”
as defined in Rule 433 under the Act, relating to the Securities that (A) is required to be filed
with the Commission by the Company, or (B) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i)
under the Act because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not
reflect the final terms or pursuant to Rule 433(d)(8)(ii) because it is a “bona fide electronic
road show,” as defined in Rule 433 of the Regulations which is made available without restriction,
in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to
be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Act.
(iv) “Issuer-Represented General Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer-Represented Free
Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors.
(v) “Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer-Represented Free
Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer-Represented General Free Writing Prospectus. The term
Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus also includes any “bona fide electronic road
show,” as defined in Rule 433 of the Regulations, that is made available without restriction
pursuant to Rule 433(d)(8)(ii), even though not required to be filed with the Commission.
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3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Securities.
(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein
contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to
each Underwriter and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the
Company, at a purchase price per share of $[X.XX], the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite
their respective names on Schedule A hereto together with any additional number of Shares
which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10
hereof.
(b) Payment of the purchase price for the Firm Shares shall be made by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to or as directed by the Company, as the case may be for the Firm
Shares which it is offering, upon delivery of certificates for the Firm Shares to Broadband through
the facilities of The Depository Trust Company for the respective accounts of the several
Underwriters. Certificates for the Firm Shares shall be registered in such name or names and shall
be in such denominations as Broadband may request at least two (2) business days before the Closing
Date. The Company will permit the Representatives to examine and package such certificates for
delivery at least one (1) full business day prior to the Closing Date.
(c) Payment of the purchase price for the Option Shares shall be made by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to or as directed by the Company upon delivery of certificates for the
Option Shares to Broadband through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company for the
respective accounts of the several Underwriters. The date and time, as reasonably determined by
Broadband, when the Option Shares are to be delivered is hereinafter referred to as an “Additional
Closing Date.” Certificates for the Option Shares shall be registered in such name or names and
shall be in such denominations as the Representatives may request at least two (2) business days
before the Additional Closing Date.
4. Offering. Upon authorization of the release of the Firm Shares by Broadband, the
Underwriters propose to offer the Shares for sale to the public upon the terms and conditions set
forth in the Prospectus.
5. Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the
Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if
Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the
Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule
424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the
Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will notify the Representatives immediately
(and, if requested by the Representatives, will confirm such notice in writing): (i) when the
Registration Statement and any amendments thereto become effective, (ii) of any request by the
Commission for any amendment of or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or
for any additional information, (iii) of the Company’s intention to
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file or prepare any supplement or amendment to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
(iv) of the mailing or the delivery to the Commission for filing of any amendment of or supplement
to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including but not limited to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act, (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of the
initiation, or the threatening, of any proceedings therefor, it being understood that the Company
shall make every effort to avoid the issuance of any such stop order, (vi) of the receipt of any
comments from the Commission, and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or
the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose. If the Commission shall propose
or enter a stop order at any time, the Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the
issuance of any such stop order and, if issued, to obtain the lifting of such order as soon as
possible. The Company will not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment
of or supplement to the Prospectus (including the prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule
424(b)) that differs from the prospectus on file at the time of the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or file any document under the Exchange Act if such document would be deemed
to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus to which the Representatives shall object in
writing after being timely furnished in advance a copy thereof. The Company will provide the
Representatives with copies of all such amendments, filings and other documents a sufficient time
prior to any filing or other publication thereof to permit the Representatives a reasonable
opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(b) The Company shall comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and all applicable
Rules and Regulations to permit completion of the distribution as contemplated in this Agreement,
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the
Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and all
applicable Rules and Regulations in connection with the sales of Shares, any event shall have
occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would, in the judgment
of the Underwriters or the Company, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances existing at the time of delivery to the purchaser, not misleading, or
if, to comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Rules and Regulations, it shall be
necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus or Registration Statement, or to file
any document which is an exhibit to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, the Company will notify the Representatives promptly and
prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 5(a) hereof, an appropriate amendment or
supplement (in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives) which will correct such
statement or omission or which will effect such compliance and will use its best efforts to have
any amendment to the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as possible.
(c) The Company will promptly deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed
copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all
consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the
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Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the
date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number
of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all
amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to
the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the
Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York time, on the business day next
succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish
the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the
Underwriters may reasonably request.
(d) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the
Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(e) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall
both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b)
and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Act by the earlier of: (i) 10:00
p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are
given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2).
(f) The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Representatives, at or
prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for
offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of
such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such
qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no
event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or
to execute a general consent to service of process.
(g) The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Underwriters
as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than twelve (12) months after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Securities Act), an audited
earnings statement of the Company and the Subsidiaries complying with Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158).
(h) Following the Closing Date, the Company and any of the individuals listed on Schedule
B hereto (the “Lock-Up Parties”) shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of the
Company, whether publicly or in a private placement during the period that their respective lock-up
agreements are in effect. The Company will deliver to the Representatives the agreements of the
Lock-Up Parties to the foregoing effect prior to the Closing Date, which agreements shall be
substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex II. For purposes of this Section 5, the term
“Fair Market Value” shall mean the last sale price of the Depository Shares, during normal
operating hours, as reported on NYSE
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(i) For a period of one (1) year from the effective date of the Registration Statement, the
Company, at its expense, shall provide the Representatives on a weekly basis with a copy of the
Company’s weekly transfer sheets from the previous week and securities positions listings.
(j) If the Company fails to maintain the listing of its Depository Shares on a nationally
recognized exchange, for a period of two (2) years from the effective date of the Registration
Statement, the Company, at its expense, shall obtain and keep current a listing in the Standard &
Poor’s Corporation Records Services or the Xxxxx’x Industrial Manual; provided that Xxxxx’x OTC
Industrial Manual is not sufficient for these purposes.
(k) During the period of three (3) years from the effective date of the Registration
Statement, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters copies of all reports or other
communications (financial or other) furnished to security holders or from time to time published or
publicly disseminated by the Company, and will deliver to the Underwriters: (i) as soon as they are
available, copies of any reports, financial statements and proxy or information statements
furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of
securities of the Company is listed, except that the filing of such reports on XXXXX shall
constitute delivery under this Section 5(k); and (ii) such additional information concerning the
business and financial condition of the Company as the Representatives may from time to time
reasonably request (such financial information to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the
accounts of the Company and the Subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its security
holders generally or to the Commission).
(l) The Company will not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity, without
Broadband’s prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the first
business day following the forty-fifth (45th) day following the Closing Date, other than normal and
customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, which shall include
earnings announcements.
(m) Prior to the consummation of the Offering, the Company has engaged ____________ as its
financial public relations firm and will engage or continue to engage (for no less than two (2)
years from the date of the Closing Date) a financial public relations firm mutually acceptable to
the Company and the Representatives. The Company further agrees to consult with the
Representatives as is customary within the securities industry prior to distribution to third
parties of any financial information, news releases, and/or other publicity regarding the Company,
its business, or any terms of the proposed Offering, it being agreed that the Company shall give
the Representatives no less than twelve (12) hours prior notice of any
such distribution and a reasonable opportunity during or prior to such period to review the
contents of the proposed distribution.
(n) The Company has retained __________________ as transfer agent for the Securities and shall
continue to retain such transfer agent for a period of two (2) years following the Closing Date.
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(o) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as set forth under
the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus. Without the written consent of Broadband, no
proceeds of the Offering will be used to pay outstanding loans from officers, directors or
shareholders or to pay any accrued salaries or bonuses to any employees or former employees.
(p) The Company will use its best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Securities
on the NYSE for at least three (3) years after the Closing Date.
(q) The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the
Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations within
the time periods required thereby.
(r) The Company will use its best efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or
performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date, and to satisfy all
conditions precedent to the delivery of the Firm Shares.
(s) The Company will not take, and will cause its Affiliates not to take, directly or
indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could
reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the
price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(t) The Company shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the Representatives, at its
expense, within one (1) business day from the effective date of this Agreement, an Electronic
Prospectus to be used by the Underwriters in connection with the Offering. As used herein, the
term “Electronic Prospectus” means a form of prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto,
that meets each of the following conditions: (i) it shall be encoded in an electronic format,
satisfactory to the Representatives, that may be transmitted electronically by the other
Underwriters to offerees and purchasers of the Securities for at least the period during which a
Prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act; (ii) it
shall disclose the same information as the paper prospectus and
prospectus filed pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent that graphic and image material
cannot be disseminated electronically, in which case such graphic and image material shall be
replaced in the electronic prospectus with a fair and accurate narrative description or tabular
representation of such material, as appropriate; and (iii) it shall be in or convertible into a
paper format or an electronic format, satisfactory to the Representatives, that will allow
recipients thereof to store and have continuously ready access to the prospectus at any future
time, without charge to such recipients (other than any fee charged for subscription to the
Internet as a whole and for on-line time). The Company hereby confirms that it has included or
will include in the Prospectus filed pursuant to XXXXX or otherwise with the Commission and in the
Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective an undertaking that, upon receipt of a
request by an investor or his or her representative within the period when a prospectus relating to
the
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Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, the Company shall transmit or
cause to be transmitted promptly, without charge, a paper copy of the Prospectus.
(u) The Company shall not take any action that would result in the Underwriters or the Company
being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act a Free Writing
Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriters that the Underwriters otherwise would not
have been required to file.
(v) The Company shall have filed with the Commission all [Issuer-Represented Free Writing
Prospectuses] or other information required to be filed by the Company under the Act and the
Regulations.
(w) The Company acknowledges that the purchasers of the Firm Shares in the Offering shall be
deemed to be third party beneficiaries of this Section 5.
(x) The Company will reserve and keep available that maximum number of its authorized but
unissued securities which are issuable upon exercise of the Representatives’ Warrants outstanding
from time to time.
6. Consideration; Payment of Expenses.
(a) In consideration of the services to be provided for hereunder, the Company shall pay to
the Underwriters or their respective designees their pro rata portion (based on the Securities
purchased) of the following compensation with respect to the Firm Shares which they are offering:
(i) An underwriting discount of seven percent (7%); and
(ii) A non-accountable expense allowance equal to one percent (1%) of the gross proceeds of
the Offering (exclusive of any proceeds from the sale of the Option Shares).
(b) The Representatives reserve the right to reduce any item of compensation or adjust the
terms thereof as specified herein in the event that a determination shall be made by FINRA to the
effect that the Underwriters’ aggregate compensation is in excess of FINRA Rules or that the terms
thereof require adjustment.
(c) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company hereby agrees to
pay all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including the
following:
(i) all expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, formatting for XXXXX and filing
of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and
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the Prospectus and any and all amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of
copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers;
(ii) all fees and expenses in connection with the filing of Corporate Offerings Business &
Regulatory Analysis (“COBRADesk”) filings with FINRA;
(iii) all fees and expenses in connection with filing of the Registration Statement and
Prospectus with the Commission;
(iv) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in
connection with the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act and the Offering;
(v) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Securities on NYSE;
(vi) all travel expenses of the Company’s officers and employees and any other expense of the
Company incurred in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of
the Shares (“Road Show Expenses”);
(vii) any stock transfer taxes incurred in connection with this Agreement or the Offering
(viii) the cost of preparing stock certificates representing the Securities;
(ix) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities;
(x) any cost and expenses in conducting satisfactory due diligence investigation, background
checks and analysis of the Company’s officers, directors, employees, and affiliates; and
(xi) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the Company obligations
hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 6.
(d) In addition to the costs and expenses set forth in Section 6(d), the Company will be
responsible for the cost of bound volumes of the Offering documents and commemorative lucite
memorabilia, both as may be reasonably requested by the Representatives.
(e) It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section, and Sections 7, 8 and
11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of
their counsel. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6, in the event that this
Agreement is terminated prior to the consummation of the Offering, the
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Company will pay all accountable out-of-pocket expenses of the Underwriters (including but not
limited to fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters) incurred in connection herewith
which shall be limited to expenses which are actually incurred as allowed under FINRA Rule 5110, up
to $250,000 (the “Expense Cap”), provided that such amount shall be reduced by any deposit
previously paid to the Representative. The cost of background checks is not subject to the Expense
Cap and must be paid by the Company even if the payment of such fees would exceed the Expense Cap.
(f) If the Company determines not to proceed with the Offering for any reason other than the
inability of the Underwriters to consummate the Offering on the terms contained in this Agreement,
the Company will, within two weeks of its determination not to proceed with the Offering, pay
Broadband $500,000. The payment of amounts under this section does not limit any claim for damages
that the Underwriters may have under the terms of this Agreement.
7. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriters to
purchase and pay for the Firm Shares as provided herein shall be subject to: (i) the accuracy of
the representations and warranties of the Company herein contained, as of the date hereof and as of
the Closing Date (ii) the absence from any certificates, opinions, written statements or letters
furnished to the Representatives or to Underwriters’ Counsel pursuant to this Section 7 of any
misstatement or omission (iii) the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and
(iv) each of the following additional conditions. For purposes of this Section 7, the terms
“Closing Date” and “Closing” shall refer to the Closing Date for the Firm Shares, and each of the
foregoing and following conditions must be satisfied as of each Closing.
(a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective and all necessary regulatory or
listing approvals shall have been received not later than 5:30 P.M., New York time, on the date of
this Agreement, or at such later time and date as shall have been consented to in writing by the
Representatives. If the Company shall have elected to rely upon Rule 430A under the Securities
Act, the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in a timely fashion in accordance
with the terms hereof and a form of the Prospectus containing information relating to the
description of the Securities and the method of distribution and similar matters shall have been
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period; and, at or
prior to the Closing Date or the actual time of the Closing, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof shall have been
issued and no proceedings therefor shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission.
(b) The Representatives shall have received (i) the favorable written opinion of DLA Piper
LLP, legal counsel for the Company, dated as of the Closing Date addressed to the Underwriters in
the form attached hereto as Annex I, (ii) the favorable written opinion of Global Law Office, legal
counsel for the Company with respect to the laws of the People’s Republic of China dated as of the
Closing Date, addressed to the Underwriters in the form attached hereto as Annex II, and (iii) the
favorable opinion of Xxxxxxx, legal counsel for the Company with respect to the laws of the Cayman
Islands in the form attached hereto as Annex III.
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(c) All proceedings taken in connection with the sale of the Firm Shares herein contemplated
shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and to Underwriters’ Counsel.
(d) The Representatives shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date to the effect that: (i) the
condition set forth in subsection (a) of this Section 7 has been satisfied, (ii)
as of the date hereof and as of the applicable Closing Date, the representations and
warranties of the Company set forth in Sections 1 and 2 hereof are accurate, (iii) as of the
applicable Closing Date, all agreements, conditions and obligations of the Company to be performed
or complied with hereunder on or prior thereto have been duly performed or complied with, (iv) the
Company and the Subsidiaries have not sustained any material loss or interference with their
respective businesses, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or any legal
or governmental proceeding, (v) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof has been issued and no proceedings therefor have
been initiated or threatened by the Commission, (vi) there are no pro forma or as adjusted
financial statements that are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus pursuant to the Rules and Regulations which are not so
included or incorporated by reference and (vii) subsequent to the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus there has not been any
Material Adverse Change or any development involving a prospective Material Adverse Change, whether
or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business.
(e) On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have
received a “cold comfort” letter from E&Y as of the date of the date of delivery and addressed to
the Underwriters and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and Underwriters’
Counsel, confirming that they are independent registered public accountants with respect to the
Company and its Subsidiaries within the meaning of the Securities Act, the Rules and Regulations
and the PCAOB, and stating, as of the date of delivery (or, with respect to matters involving
changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is
given in the Prospectus, as of a date not more than five (5) days prior to the date of such
letter), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and
other matters relating to the Registration Statement covered by such letter.
(f) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement or, if earlier, the dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and
the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been any change in the
capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any Subsidiary or any change or development
involving a change, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, in
the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, shareholders’ equity,
properties or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, including but not
limited to the occurrence of any fire, flood, storm, explosion,
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accident, act of war or terrorism or other calamity, the effect of which, in any such case
described above, is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to
make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the Offering on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement).
(g) The Representatives shall have received a lock-up agreement from each Lock-Up Party, duly
executed by the applicable Lock-Up Party, in each case substantially in the form attached as Annex
V.
(h) The Representatives shall have received a duly executed management confirmation letter
from the Company’s directors and officers relating to certain information appearing in the
Registration Statement, which letter shall be in the form attached hereto as Annex [ ].
(i) The Securities shall have been approved for quotation on the NYSE.
(j) FINRA shall have confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the
fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.
(k) No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been
enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority
that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities; and no
injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of
the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities.
(l) The Company shall have furnished the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel with such
other certificates, opinions or other documents as they may have reasonably requested.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 7 shall not have been fulfilled when and as
required by this Agreement, or if any of the certificates, opinions, written statements or letters
furnished to the Representatives or to Underwriters’ Counsel pursuant to this Section 7 shall not
be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and to Underwriters’
Counsel, all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be cancelled by the Representatives at,
or at any time prior to, the consummation of the Closing. Notice of such cancellation shall be
given to the Company in writing, or by telephone. Any such telephone notice shall be confirmed
promptly thereafter in writing.
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8. Indemnification.
(a) The Company shall indemnify, and hold harmless each Underwriter and each Person, if any,
who controls each Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act, against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses
whatsoever as incurred (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees and any and all expenses
whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or
litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), joint or
several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act
or otherwise, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
a material fact made by such party contained in the Registration Statement, as originally filed or
any amendment thereof, or any related Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any
supplement thereto or amendment thereof, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission made by such party to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that the Company will
not be liable in any such case to the extent but only to the extent that any such loss, liability,
claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the
Representatives expressly for use therein. The parties agree that such information provided by or
on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives consists solely of the Underwriters’
Information. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability, which the Company may
otherwise have, including but not limited to other liability under this Agreement.
(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, each of the directors of the Company, each of the officers of the Company who shall have
signed the Registration Statement, and each other Person, if any, who controls the Company within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any
losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever as incurred (including but not limited
to attorneys’ fees and any and all expenses whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or
defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all
amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation), joint or several, to which they or any of
them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or
are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement, as originally
filed or any amendment thereof, or any related Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or in
any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent,
that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any such
untrue
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statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon
and in conformity with the Underwriters’ Information; provided, however, that in no case shall any
Underwriter be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount
applicable to the Securities to be purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. The parties agree that
such information provided by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives consists
solely of the material referred to in the last sentence of Section 2.1(c) hereof.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice
of any claims or the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in
respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify each
party against whom indemnification is to be sought in writing of the claim or the commencement
thereof (but the failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying
party from any liability which it may have under this Section 8 to the extent that it is not
materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability
that such indemnifying party may have otherwise than on account of the indemnity agreement
hereunder). In case any such claim or action is brought against any indemnified party, and it
notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled
to participate, at its own expense in the defense of such action, and to the extent it may elect by
written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice
from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to such
indemnified party; provided however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with
the written consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its
or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of such indemnified party or parties unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have
been authorized in writing by one of the indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of
such action, (ii) the indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the
defense of such action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, (iii)
the indemnifying party does not diligently defend the action after assumption of the defense, or
(iv) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses
available to it or them which are different from or additional to those available to one or all of
the indemnifying parties (in which case the
indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf
of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses shall be borne
by the indemnifying parties. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified parties, effect any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of judgment
with respect to, any pending or threatened claim, investigation, action or proceeding in respect of
which indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought by an indemnified party under this
Section 8 or Section 9 hereof (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party
thereto), unless (x) such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release
of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, investigation, action or
proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or any
failure to act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party, and (y) the
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indemnifying party confirms in writing its indemnification obligations hereunder with respect to
such settlement, compromise or judgment.
9. Contribution. In order to provide for contribution in circumstances in which the
indemnification provided for in Section 8 hereof is for any reason held to be unavailable from any
indemnifying party or is insufficient to hold harmless a party indemnified thereunder, the Company
and the Underwriters shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnification provision (including any investigation,
legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any
action, suit or proceeding or any claims asserted, but after deducting in the case of losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and expenses suffered by the Company, any contribution received by the
Company from Persons, other than the Underwriters, who may also be liable for contribution,
including Persons who control the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act, officers of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and
directors of the Company) as incurred to which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters may
be subject, in such proportions as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company and the Underwriters from the Offering or, if such allocation is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportions as are appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
referred to above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Underwriters in connection
with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received
by the Company and the Underwriters shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (x) the total
proceeds from the Offering (net of underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting
expenses) received by the Company and bears to (y) the underwriting discount or commissions
received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the
Prospectus. The relative fault of each of the Company and of the Underwriters shall be determined
by reference
to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or
the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were
determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to above in this Section. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities,
claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section
9 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or
proceeding by any judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental agency or body, commenced or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9: (i) no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the total amount by which the discounts and
commissions applicable to the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public exceeds the
amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been
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required to pay in respect of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses, by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (ii) no Person guilty
of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall
be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 9, each Person, if any, who controls an
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each Person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each
director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each
case to clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence. Any party entitled to
contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or
proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against
another party or parties, notify each party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but
the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom
contribution may be sought from any obligation it or they may have under this Section 9 or
otherwise. The obligations of the Underwriters to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are
several in proportion to the respective number of Shares to be purchased by each of the
Underwriters hereunder and not joint.
10. Underwriter Default.
(a) If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall default in its or their obligation to purchase
Firm Shares hereunder, and if the Firm Shares with respect to which such default relates (the
“Default Shares”) do not (after giving effect to arrangements, if any, made by the Representatives
pursuant to subsection (b) below) exceed in the aggregate 10% of the number of Firm Shares, each
non-defaulting Underwriter, acting severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company
that number of Default Shares that bears the same proportion of the total number of Default Shares
then being purchased as the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter
on Schedule A hereto bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the
names of the non-defaulting Underwriters, subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate
fractional shares as the Representatives in its sole discretion shall make.
(b) In the event that the aggregate number of Default Shares exceeds 10% of the number of Firm
Shares, the Representatives may in their discretion arrange for themselves or for another party or
parties (including any non-defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters who so agree) to purchase the
Default Shares on the terms contained herein. In the event that within five calendar days after
such a default the Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of the Default Shares as
provided in this Section 10, this Agreement shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the
part of the Company with respect thereto (except in each case as provided in Sections 5, 7, 8, 10
and 12(d)) or the Underwriters, but nothing in this Agreement shall relieve a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters of its or their liability, if any, to the other Underwriters and the
Company for damages occasioned by its or their default hereunder.
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(c) In the event that any Default Shares are to be purchased by the non-defaulting
Underwriters, or are to be purchased by another party or parties as aforesaid, the Representatives
or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date for a period, not exceeding five
(5) business days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any other documents and arrangements, and the
Company agrees to file promptly any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus which, in the reasonable opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, may thereby be made necessary
or advisable. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any party substituted
under this Section 10 with like effect as if it had originally been a party to this Agreement with
respect to such Firm Shares.
11. Survival of Representations and Agreements. All representations and warranties,
covenants and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or in
certificates of officers of the Company or any Subsidiary submitted pursuant hereto, including the
agreements contained in Section 6, the indemnity agreements contained in Section 8 and the
contribution agreements contained in Section 9 hereof, shall remain operative and in full
force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any
controlling Person thereof or by or on behalf of the Company, any of its officers and directors or
any controlling Person thereof, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares to and by
the Underwriters. The representations contained in Section 1 and 2 hereof and the covenants and
agreements contained in Sections 5, 6, 8, 9, this Section 11 and Sections 15 and 16 hereof shall
survive any termination of this Agreement, including termination pursuant to Section 10 or 12
hereof.
12. Effective Date of Agreement; Termination.
(a) This Agreement shall become effective upon the later of: (i) receipt by the
Representatives and the Company of notification of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
or (ii) the execution of this Agreement. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the
provisions of this Section 12 and of Sections 6(f), 8, 9 and 13 through 17, inclusive, shall remain
in full force and effect at all times after the execution hereof.
(b) The Representatives shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time prior to
the consummation of the Closing if: (i) any domestic or international event or act or occurrence
has materially disrupted, or in the opinion of the Representatives will in the immediate future
materially disrupt, the market for the Company’s securities or securities in general; or (ii)
trading on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ shall have been suspended or been made subject
to material limitations, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum
ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, on the New York Stock Exchange or the
NASDAQ or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction; or
(iii) a banking moratorium has been declared by any state or federal authority or if any material
disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services shall have
occurred; (iv) any downgrading shall have
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occurred in the Company’s corporate credit rating or the rating accorded the Company’s debt
securities or trust preferred stock by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”
(as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Securities Act) or if any such organization shall
have been publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative
implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities; or (v) (A) there shall have
occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism involving the United States
or there is a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or (B) there shall
have been any other calamity or crisis or any change in political, financial or economic conditions
if the effect of any such event in (A) or (B), in the judgment of the Representatives, is so
material and adverse that such event makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with
the offering, sale and delivery of the Firm Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated by
the Prospectus.
(c) Any notice of termination pursuant to this Section 12 shall be in writing.
(d) If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to any of the provisions hereof (other than
pursuant to Section 10(b) hereof), or if the sale of the Shares provided for herein is not
consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth herein is not
satisfied or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any
agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof, the Company will, subject to demand by the
Representatives, reimburse the Underwriters for only those out-of-pocket expenses (including the
fees and expenses of their counsel), actually incurred by the Underwriters in connection herewith.
13. Notices. All communications hereunder, except as may be otherwise specifically
provided herein, shall be in writing, and:
(a) if sent to the Representatives or any Underwriter, shall be mailed, delivered, or faxed
and confirmed in writing, to Broadband Capital Management LLC, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention Xxxxxxx Xxxx, with a copy to Underwriters’ Counsel at Loeb & Loeb LLP,
000 Xxxx Xxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq.; and
(b) if sent to the Company, shall be mailed, delivered, or faxed and confirmed in writing to
the Company and its counsel at the addresses set forth in the Registration Statement,
provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8 shall be delivered or
sent by mail or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its
acceptance facsimile to the Representatives, which address will be supplied to any other party
hereto by the Representatives upon request. Any such notices and other communications shall take
effect at the time of receipt thereof.
14. Parties; Limitation of Relationship. This Agreement shall inure solely to the
benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the Underwriters, the Company and the controlling
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Persons, directors, officers, employees and agents referred to in Sections 7 and 8 hereof, and
their respective successors and assigns, and no other Person shall have or be construed to have any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or
any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions
hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and said
controlling Persons and their respective successors, officers, directors, heirs and legal
Representatives, and it is not for the benefit of any other Person. The term “successors and
assigns” shall not include a purchaser, in its capacity as such, of Shares from any of the
Underwriters.
15. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be deemed to have been executed and delivered
in New York and both this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed as
to validity, interpretation, construction, effect, and in all other respects by the laws of the
State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of laws principals thereof (other than Section
5-1401 of The New York General Obligations Law). Each of the Underwriters and the Company: (a)
agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement
and/or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be instituted exclusively in the Supreme Court of
the State of New York, New York County, or in the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York, (b) waives any objection which it may have or hereafter to the venue of any
such suit, action or proceeding, and (c) irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of Supreme Court
of the State of New York, New York County, or in the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York in any such suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Underwriters and the
Company further agrees to accept and acknowledge service of any and all process which may be served
in any such suit, action or proceeding in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York
County, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and agrees
that service of process upon the Company mailed by certified mail to the Company’s address or
delivered by Federal Express via overnight delivery shall be deemed in every respect effective
service of process upon the Company, in any such suit, action or proceeding, and service of process
upon the Underwriters mailed by certified mail to the Underwriters’ address or delivered by Federal
Express via overnight delivery shall be deemed in every respect effective service process upon the
Underwriter, in any such suit, action or proceeding. THE COMPANY (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF, THE
SUBSIDIARIES AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS RESPECTIVE EQUITY
HOLDERS AND CREDITORS) HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY
CLAIM BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE PROSPECTUS.
16. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the schedule and exhibits
attached hereto and as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms
hereof, contains the entire agreement among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter
hereof and there are no other or further agreements outstanding not specifically mentioned herein.
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17. Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement or the performance
thereof shall be invalid or unenforceable to any extent, such invalidity or unenforceability shall
not affect or render invalid or unenforceable any other provision of this Agreement and this
Agreement shall be valid and enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.
18. Amendment. This Agreement may only be amended by a written instrument executed by
each of the parties hereto.
19. Waiver, etc. The failure of any of the parties hereto to at any time enforce any
of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any such
provision, nor to in any way effect the validity of this Agreement or any provision hereof or the
right of any of the parties hereto to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this
Agreement. No waiver of any breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment of any of the provisions of
this Agreement shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument executed by the party or
parties against whom or which enforcement of such waiver is sought; and no waiver of any such
breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment shall be construed or deemed to be a waiver of any other
or subsequent breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment.
20. No Fiduciary Relationship. The Company hereby acknowledges that the Underwriters
are acting solely as underwriters in connection with the offering of the Company’s securities. The
Company further acknowledge that the Underwriters are acting pursuant to a contractual relationship
created solely by this Agreement entered into on an arm’s length basis and in no event do the
parties intend that the Underwriters act or be responsible as a fiduciary to the Company, its
management, shareholders, creditors or any other person in connection with any activity that the
Underwriters may undertake or have undertaken in furtherance of the offering of the Company’s
securities, either before or after the date hereof. The Underwriters hereby expressly disclaim any
fiduciary or similar obligations to the Company, either in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions, and the Company
hereby confirms its understanding and agreement to that effect. The Company hereby further confirms
its understand that no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of
the Company with respect to the Offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto,
including any negotiation related to the pricing of the Shares; and the Company has consulted its
own legal and financial advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate in connection with this
Agreement and the Offering. The Company and the Underwriters agree that they are each responsible
for making their own independent judgments with respect to any such transactions, and that any
opinions or views expressed by the Underwriters to the Company regarding such transactions,
including but not limited to any opinions or views with respect to the price or market for the
Company’s securities,
do not constitute advice or recommendations to the Company. The Company hereby waives and
releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the
Underwriters with respect to any breach or alleged breach of any fiduciary or similar duty to the
Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading
up to such transactions.
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21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one
and the same instrument. Delivery of a signed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile
transmission shall constitute valid and sufficient delivery thereof.
22. Headings. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and
are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
23. Time is of the Essence. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used
herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any day on
which the major stock exchanges in New York, New York are not open for business.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth your understanding, please so indicate in the space
provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement among
us.
Very truly yours, CHINA HYDROELECTRIC CORPORATION |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Accepted by the Representatives, acting for themselves and as
Representatives of the Underwriters named on Schedule A attached hereto,
as of the date first written above:
Representatives of the Underwriters named on Schedule A attached hereto,
as of the date first written above:
BROADBAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC |
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By: | ||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Title: | Chairman | |||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
SCHEDULE A
Underwriters
Number of Firm | Number of Option | |||
Shares to be | Shares to be | |||
Underwriter | Purchased | Purchased | ||
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TOTAL |
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SCHEDULE B
Lock-Up Parties
[Please include list]
V-2